Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-06-24

tons over last year.
Mr. Blackburn Hughes, we'll known,
Martinsburg lawyer, has joined the
Benedicts. He was married to Miss
Mary L. Perry. one Of the bellies of
Charleston, s. c., on Wednesday.
Senator c. j. Faulkner and Mr..
Stuart W. Walker have formed CO.
partnership for the practice Of law
which extends to all the courts of the
State, and the Supreme Court of the
United States.
In the county statement week before
last an error was made in the figures re-
lating to the road tax in Shepherdstown
district. Instead Of being 221a cents on
the hundred dollars 1t is 121S cents.
Figures will lie, sometimes.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the NJ. E.
Church South will be held in the Church
next Thursday, June 30th, at 8 p. m.
There will be select readings, essays,
music and an address. The public is
cordially invited.
Two slight accidents are reported
from the bridge. William Martin re-
ceived painful cut on the head from a
falling block, which laid him up for
day or two, and Clel Reynolds had one
of his fingers very badly mashed by
blow from spike.
We have just bought another new
supply Of stationery, and we can now
print you anything You can possibly
need i'm our line. We can furnish enve-
lopes at remarkably low prices with
your business card on them,-cheaper
than you buy the plain envelopes.
Mr.. Geo. C. German, eminent Repub-
lican politician-late Secretary Senate
and editor Washington Republican, and
"right bower" of Billy Mahone-spent
Sunday and Monday nights at the Gar
ter House." He was closeted with Mr..
Mason of the Vest Virginia Democrat
Free Press.
Mr.. C. B. Rouss, the great Broadway
merchant, comes to this country every
Sunday morning from New York City
to spend twelve hours with his venera-
BILE and invalid mother, and returns in
time for business Monday morning.
There's devotion that is worthy of en-
ulation.-Free Press.
Our enterprising young fellow-editor
Hawvermale, of the Berkeley Springs
Ne,cs, contemplates the publication OF
two more papers-the Hancock (Md.)
Courier and temperance paper to be
known as the Morgan appeal. We
reckon Mr.. Hawvermale will be kept
busy, for he does not shirk his duties as
a newspaper man.
At regular meeting of Triluminar
Lodge, A, F. & A. NJ, of Middleway,
held June 4th, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing term: d.
w. Clendeuing, w. NJ; NJ. E. Trussell,
S. W.; n. R. Roberts, j. W.; Samuel
Engle, Treas. DIR. A. M. Evans, Sec'y.;
r. w. Mcintyre, S. D.; Geo. ID. john
son, j. D.; and r. w. Kearns, Tyler.
The custom long since established by
the B. & o. X. r. of selling low rate ex-
cursion tickets upon the National Holt
day will be observed this year, as usual,
and excursion tickets will be sold to and
from all stations on the B. & o. system
of lines east Of the Ohio river. Tickets
will be sold July I'd, Sd and 4th, and
will be valid for return passage until
July 9Th inclusive.
A few DAYS since the father Of Mr.. j.
Calvin Hoffman, who has reached his
Slst wear and resides in Shepherdstown,
was in town on visit to his son, who
haG a photograph taken at Phreaners'
containing four generations, including
himself, father, son and grand-son-the
latter not one year old. 1t is an inter-
esting group covering just eighty years
from oldest to youngest.-Hagersto'cn
Mail
Messrs. f. j. Harrison, Robt. Garrett
and Others have bought the celebrated
Viewers Cave, on the Shenandoah Val
lev Railroad. The purchasers, it Is
stated, will build large hotel and open
M tile cave to visitors. IL is also an.
nounced that the Baltimore q Ohio Rail-
road will probably build stem from
their main line to the cave, which is
only about four miles distant.-Page
Courier.
On Sunday that fatal disease, con-
sumption, claimed as its victim, Kew. ..
Holland Engle, aged % years, son OF
the Rev. J. J. Engle, living near Berry
vile. This promising young man had
prepared himself for the ministry, and
was admitted into the Methodist Con-
ference as junior preacher, but the
disease that cut short his life had taken
such hold upon his system as to deny
him the exercise of his pulpit powers
Clarke Courier.
Mr.. Arthur w. Hawks delivered
another one of his humorous lectures
Monday evening in Billmyer's Hall,
He spoke this time on the subject OF
"Hash," and he entertained his audi
ence in the most delightful style. Mr..
Hawks is one of the best lecturers that
has visited our town In recent years,
and we hope that he may finally sue
coed in getting here on an evening when
the weather does not combine its forces
against him.
Eureka Lodge No. los, A. F.-and A.
NJ .....x o., Caturllau evaninQ in Red